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💸 Cash-strapped — Meaning

Cash-strapped means having very little money or not enough cash to meet needs or expenses.

💬 Example Sentences

I can’t go on the trip right now — I’m a bit cash-strapped.
The company is cash-strapped and looking for investors.
Students are often cash-strapped during exam season.
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To moonlight = to work a second job at night, often secretly.

Example:
“He teaches in the morning and moonlights as a singer at night.”
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🔹 Idiom: On a whim

🔹 Meaning: Doing something suddenly, without planning, and without thinking too much.

💬 Examples:
I booked a trip to Goa on a whim.
She bought that dress on a whim.
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🌵 DESOLATE – MEANING

Word: Desolate
Part of Speech: Adjective

🔹 Meaning 1 (Place):
Empty, deserted, and without any signs of life.
🔹 Meaning 2 (Emotion):
Feeling extremely sad, lonely, or hopeless.

💬 Examples
• The village looked desolate after the storm.
• He felt desolate when his friends moved away.
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🏨 AMENITY – MEANING

🔹 Word: Amenity
🔹 Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning:
A feature or service that makes a place comfortable, convenient, or enjoyable.

💬 Example Sentence:
“The hotel offers great amenities, including a swimming pool and a gym.”
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🎭 PARASOCIAL – MEANING

🔹 Word: Parasocial
🔹 Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning:
A one-sided relationship where a person feels emotionally connected to someone (usually a celebrity, influencer, or public figure) who doesn’t personally know them.

💬 Example Sentence:
“Many fans develop parasocial relationships with YouTubers they watch every day.”
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Word: Sideburns

Meaning:
Hair that grows down the sides of a man’s face, in front of the ears.

Example Sentence:
🔹 He trimmed his sideburns to give himself a cleaner, sharper look.
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TEXTROVERT

Meaning:
A textrovert is someone who feels more comfortable expressing themselves through text messages rather than in face-to-face conversations.

Example Sentence:
“I'm such a textrovert — I can text for hours but avoid phone calls!” 📱😅
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📵 NOMOPHOBIA

Meaning:
The fear or anxiety of being without your mobile phone, losing signal, or not being able to use it.

💬 Example Sentence:
“Many teenagers experience nomophobia when their phone battery drops below 10%.”
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FRENETIC – Meaning

Frenetic = fast, energetic, and often a little out of control.

Example Sentence
“After the announcement, the office became frenetic with everyone rushing to finish their tasks.”
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Word of the Day: COGENT

Meaning:
A cogent argument or explanation is clear, logical, and very convincing.

Example Sentence:
"She gave a cogent explanation that instantly clarified the confusion."
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Word of the Day: RESPLENDENT

Meaning:
Resplendent means radiant, dazzling, or impressively colourful and beautiful.

Example Sentence:
"The bride looked absolutely resplendent in her traditional attire."
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🎧 SOFT-PEDAL 🎧

Meaning:
To downplay, reduce, or present something as less important or less intense than it really is.

Example Sentence:
"The manager tried to soft-pedal the issues, but the team knew the problems were serious."
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Cacophony (noun)

Meaning:
A cacophony is a loud, harsh, and unpleasant mix of sounds. It refers to noise that feels chaotic or jarring to the ears.

Example Sentence:
The traffic outside created a cacophony of honking cars and yelling vendors.
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DENOUNCE (verb)

MEANING:
To publicly criticize or accuse someone or something; to strongly condemn an action or behavior.

EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
The organization denounced the unfair treatment of workers.
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DOOMSCROLLING 📱💀

Meaning:
Endlessly scrolling through negative or upsetting news and social media content, even though it makes you feel anxious or stressed.

Example:
"Stop doomscrolling and give your mind a break!"
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INCIPIENT 🌱

Meaning:
Just beginning to exist or develop; in an early stage.

Example sentence:
"Doctors detected an incipient infection before it became serious."
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